Dominic Wyse
Position/Status
Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education
E-mail Address:
bdw28@cam.ac.uk
Phone:
01223 767554
Qualifications
LTCL
LRAM
GRSM (Hons.)
PGTC
MPhil
PhD
Profile
Dominic is a Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Education with main research interests in the teaching of English; creativity; and the study of childhood. His research articles have included analyses of government policy on the teaching of literacy including grammar. His most recent book is the Good Writing Guide for Education Students (Sage Publications). The second edition of his book Teaching English, Language and Literacy (with Russell Jones, published by Routledge) will be published in 2006 as will his book Teach Your Child to Read and Write (BBC/Pearson). His current research includes acting as research consultant to the Primary Review, and an analysis of literacy policy following the Rose Report on the teaching of reading.
Selection of Recent Publications
Books:
Wyse, D. (2006). The good writing guide for education students. London: Sage.
Jones, R. and Wyse, D. (Eds.) (2004) Creativity in the primary curriculum . London: David Fulton.
Wyse, D. (Ed) (2003) Introduction to Childhood Studies . Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Wyse, D. and Jones, R. (2001) Teaching English, language and literacy . London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Peer-reviewed articles:
Wyse, D., and Styles, M. (in-press). Synthetic phonics and the teaching of reading: The debate surrounding England's 'Rose Report'. Literacy, 47(1).
Wyse, D. (2006). Open dialogue peer review: A response to Stuart. The Psychology of Education Review, 30(2), 42-43.
Wyse, D. (2006). Pupils' word choices and the teaching of grammar. Cambridge Journal of Education, 36(1), 31-47.
Spendlove, D., and Wyse, D. (2005, 23 April). Definitions and barriers: Perspectives on creative learning. Paper presented at the Documenting Creative Learning symposium, University of Cambridge.
Wyse, D. (2003) The National Literacy Strategy: A Critical Review of Empirical Evidence. British Educational Research Journal. Vol. 29 (6): 903-916.
Wyse, D. (2001) Grammar. For Writing?: A Critical Review of Empirical Evidence. British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 49 (4): 411-427.
Wyse, D. (2000) Phonics - the whole story? A critical review of empirical evidence. Educational Studies, 26 (3), 355-364.